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Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Washington, DC💼 Full-time💰 $180,550–$180,550🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Architect and build foundational data infrastructure to aggregate simulation outputs and user inputs into a unified ensemble optimized for LLM consumption and rapid wargaming iterations.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Data Infrastructure)

Builds

Scalable, high-performance data pipelines and relational data models for massive batch processing of simulation data.

Domain

Defense & National Security / Distributed Simulation / AI Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Systems programming (Rust, Go, C++, Python), Distributed systems architecture, Memory management, High-throughput data processing, Complex data modeling, First-principles problem solving

Preferred skills

Search & RecSys, Gaming/MMO state management, High-Frequency Trading (HFT), LLM context optimization, Vector embeddings

Technologies

Rust, Go, C++, Python, Java, Spark, PySpark

Responsibilities

Design and implement architecture to ensemble diverse sources of injected context into a unified format; Build highly scalable, resilient data architectures from scratch for massive batch jobs; Design sophisticated relational data models for state-based simulation environments; Navigate ambiguous requirements to design custom ground-up systems; Set technical standards for code quality and system performance.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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